New Hyundai Santro: features to be key differentiator

Hyundai autos are known to be include rich and the brand's forthcoming Santro hatchback will be the same. Truth be told, a portion of the Santro's highlights will enable it to go one up on hatchback rivals, when it lands on October 23, 2018. 

Other than donning an extravagant (for the fragment) lodge, a feature of the new Santro's inside will be the 7.0-inch touchscreen infotainment framework (on higher variations), which is required to accompany Android Auto and Apple CarPlay similarity. Neither of the Santro's key opponents, the Tata Tiago and the Maruti Suzuki Celerio, get a touchscreen infotainment framework right now. Another first for this section, and an element that will separate the Santro, will be the expansion of back AC vents. 

As far as security pack, double front airbags and ABS will be standard. Moreover, keeping in mind the end goal to consent to up and coming wellbeing directions, expect the tall-kid hatchback to likewise wear standard back stopping sensors. Higher-spec variations of the Santro will likewise accompany a stopping camera, which is a portion first. The main two trims of the Tata Tiago, the XT and XZ (and the individual AMT variations) accompany raise stopping sensors right now, while the Maruti Suzuki does not offer this component on the Celerio. 

The new Santro will likewise be the principal Hyundai to be furnished with a computerized manual gearbox. A refreshed adaptation of Hyundai's 1.1-liter Epsilon petroleum motor will accompany a 5-speed manual and a 5-speed AMT, the two of which are professed to have an eco-friendliness figure of 20.1kpl. While this transmission isn't a portion first, it will enable Hyundai to value a programmed adaptation of the hatchback at a considerably more focused level. 

Taking about the Santro's sticker price in contrast with its opposition, Hyundai is relied upon to proceed with its pattern of pegging its models at a slight premium. The Tata Tiago is estimated between Rs 3.40 lakh and Rs 5.22 lakh for the oil manual variations, while the petroleum AMT choices cost between Rs 5.04 lakh and Rs 5.63 lakh. Then again, manual renditions of the Celerio convey a sticker price between Rs 4.21 lakh and Rs 5.28 lakh, while the AMT-prepared models are estimated from Rs 4.98 lakh to Rs 5.40 lakh. 

Hyundai will likewise present a CNG-fueled variation of the Santro to rival the Celerio CNG, which is evaluated at Rs 5.17-5.32 lakh. While the Tata does not get a CNG alternative, it comes with a diesel engine that is valued from Rs 5.21 lakh to Rs 6.05 lakh. 

All costs, ex-showroom, Delhi